About ARGUS CUAS

ARGUS CUAS is a new counter-UAS airspace monitoring system developed in partnership by Kongsberg Geospatial, Echodyne Corp, and uAvionix.

Echodyne Corp is a radar technology company based in Bellevue, WA, and uAvionix is a technology company based in Bigfork, MT that specializes in creating cooperative aircraft transponders and surveillance systems for drones.

The three companies have combined their technologies to create a portable tracking system capable of detecting any drones that enter a monitored airspace. The ARGUS CUAS (counter-UAS) system provides 3-dimensional, all weather coverage and accurate positioning of airborne targets. The system can detect even the smallest UAVs at long ranges and the system is intended for organizations that need to monitor the position of any drones flying in their local airspace.

The World's Most Affordable 3D RadarCounter-UAS System

ARGUS CUAS has been developed to affordable for small entities, and portable enough to be deployed quickly on location at public events and disaster scenes.

ARGUS UAS is an airspace awareness and counter-UAS system that employs 3D radar and other sensors to provide long-range, all-weather detection of small UAS.

Likely users would include airports, prisons, police forces protecting public events, and emergency rescue organizations who need to keep the airspace clear surrounding disaster scenes and wildfires. The ARGUS CUAS system been designed for quick deployment, and can be set up at virtually any location within minutes.

Security has gone from a 2D problem to a 3D problem. ARGUS CUAS has been created to serve a market need for an affordable and deployable system that can provide long-range, all-weather detection of small UAVs.

New Affordable, Portable Technologies

Existing counter-UAS systems tend to be dependent on expensive and bulky radar systems. The new system the three companies have developed leverages Echodyne’s small but powerful MESA radar, and cooperative aircraft tracking capabilities provided by uAvionix to provide high visibility of the airspace in a very lightweight, portable system. The ARGUS CUAS system also improves on the complicated mixture of sensor feeds that are typical of counter-UAS systems – offering a simple, intuitive user interface developed by Kongsberg Geospatial that allows users to quickly visualize, understand, and track all targets present in the 3-dimensional airspace around the location where the system is deployed.